Initially, there was a telephone screening interview that I easily passed and had strong feeling I was a high match. They then flew me into NYC, got a car rental, drove to Norwalk, CT and stayed at a hotel overnight. Then I was interviewed the next morning by 3 members over 2 hours. One was a software manager, another a test team lead and the third a senior test team member. They explained the interviewers are randomly selected so it's not the same for each candidate. There was not written test and even the verbal questions I didn't need to use the whiteboard. The first the manager, was more about explaining what they do and why I am being interviewed but he did not go into detail. The second was the test team lead and he asked detailed technical questions, mostly if I can explain testing methodologies and how I would approach their testing effort. The third interviewer was less detailed and questions more broad based. I had the afternoon free as my flight left late that night but as I left for the airport at 4:30PM, I received a call from the recruiter informing me I did not selected for the contract position. The feedback was both cryptic and confusing so I believe I did not land it because I work on embedded systems whereas they work on large scale server-style software systems. I was not a close enough match.

It was difficult. The interviewer asked lot of questions not only testing also development questioşn as well. You are interviewing the employer as well. These days, the employer doesn't hold all the cards that they expected that from me also